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Post by Mark O on May 25, 2011 12:09:06 GMT 9
Does anyone remember any of these scenes/uniforms?! I got a chance to visit the USAF Airman Heritage Museum hidden in a back corner of Lackland this afternoon. Not a very big museum, but worth it. They were getting ready to close, and all I had was my big, 28-300mm lens, so I'll visit again later. I thought you all might get a kick out of these scenes. Mark Did any of you ever get the tropical uniform with the pith helmet? I remember my dad telling me about the coveralls uniform. He went to Lackland in 1952.
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Post by Jim on May 25, 2011 13:36:04 GMT 9
Yes I remember the OD coveralls had 3 pair (in 52) and I was still wearing them in 57.....
Yes I had to buy the British uniform in 59 when I was at Amarillo at the 106 tech school.... The uniform had gone from required to optional, it seems that the clothing sales store was over stocked and every one that was tdy had to buy the damned thing for a parade.... Phone calls to the CO back at the 27th did no good... Cost me about $75.00 and a trip to finance to get it taken out of my pay- all at one time on the next payday.. with some padding it became a good jacket for skeet shooting and it became a good jacket for flyfishing.......
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Post by ma1marv on May 25, 2011 23:53:41 GMT 9
Hey! Their sign is WRONG!!! The military training barracks was just like that picture you have when I went through basic in 1966! Squadron 3704, flight 2469!!! :salute Same open bay, wood walls, hangars on a wall rack, footlocker, iron bedframe and bunks! Wait till I get back down there again! I'll have to dig up a picture for them! :beer MArv :fire_missle_ani :patriotic-flagwaver :green-beer :green-beer
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Post by Bullhunter on May 26, 2011 0:29:08 GMT 9
July 1971 the beds and foot lockers were the same. The walls were all painted white. The floors had that same redish tile. Wall lockers were added.
Anyone remember what a Texas Trister was and I don't mean a Tornado?
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on May 26, 2011 6:00:16 GMT 9
On 6 February 1952, I moved in to a 12 man tent not far enough from the runway at Lackland.
Mud all around, and duck walks to get from place to place and keep your shoes from getting caked with Texas mud.
After 10 day, it was on a but to Shepherd to finish Basic Training.
The inside of our barracks looked about like the picture. However, there is not a post on the center aisle with a butt can hanging on it. Every barracks had them on every post.
The floors in our barracks were wood, and white from the lye soap we used to scrub them.
When I got to tech school at Shepherd, we had the same kind of barracks, but they were not as crowded, and when I went in to the "Casual Barracks", about the time I finished school, there were all single bunks.
Like The Old Sarge, I too was issued three sets of one-piece fatigues.
Extremely hot in the Texas Summer.
You couldn't take the top off, just unbutton it to the belt buckle, and roll it down, and tie the sleeves.
It helped.
I got the Royal Air Force sun tans at The SCAB. We were never had to get the Pith Helmet, because of our Northern location.
But, we did have the rest, including the long socks.
We sometimes had to wear them with the Garrison Cap and the blue necktie.
If that didn't look stupid, I don't know what did.
One Summer dress inspection by our group commander was enough.
He declared the RAF uniform to be optional wear, without ties and only the field cap to be worn.
Ah, yes!
Those were "The Good Old Days"?
Jim Too
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Post by LBer1568 on Oct 19, 2011 0:58:03 GMT 9
I wasn't around for the one-piece or pith helmet. But I was issued two sets of Aquamarine fatigues. They were same material and cut as standard green fatigues, but were a light grey-blue color. I remember I wore them at McGuire all the time. Only a couple of us had them. I remember MSgt Jim Neece bought me two new fatigues and "ordered" me not to wear the blue-gray ones again. So how about Lowry AFB For MA-1 School and our Ridgeway hats for fatigues. Ridgeways were flat topped and had a metal ring in them to make them "rigid". We had to wash and starch them a lot. We would get sweat rings around the base and TSgt Maxey (our world famous TI) would get pissed if he saw salt rings. I was in 3419th School Sq at Lowry. The dorms at Lackland and Lowry both had tile center aisles which we would not use. They had more clear shoe polish than I care to remember. We had to hand wax and polish them before every inspection. And yes we had the mandantory red coffee cans filler with water used for butts on all the center aisle posts. (But never used) After Part I Basic at Lowry (5 weeks) we went to Lowry and were assigned to Personnel Awaiting Training Space (PATS). Several of us had to wait for Security Clearances and pulled KP for 4 solid weeks in PATS. I had to buy new Boots because mine turned solid white from all the water in Chow Hall KP Duty. After the second week, Chow Hall NCOIC took pity on us and gave us the prime jobs, not pots and pans or garbage can duty. I ended up with potatoe peeler for last couple weeks. At least we had electric peeler, but we had to "inspect" and remove all the remaining eyes by hand. After getting into school, we had to finish the remaining Part II Basic. Those were the days my friend...
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